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Workers overwhelmingly backed the walkout

Boeing workers are to go on strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a tentative deal between union representatives and the plane maker that included a 25% pay rise. More than 30,000 workers – who produce planes including the 737 Max and 777 in the Seattle and Portland areas – are set to down their tools from […]

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Protests over signs at Grand Central Station

BBC Irish language campaigners have staged a protest at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station after the transport hub was opened without Irish language signage. Around 100 protesters took part, with a large flag bearing the logo of the campaign group, An Dream Dearg, draped across the station’s floor. Dr Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh, a spokesperson for […]

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Why Starmer’s NHS reforms may give you a case of deja-vu

Getty Images Across more than 150 pages, NHS surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi sets out in clear, painstaking detail the failings of the NHS in England. But that is the easy bit – fixing it is an altogether different challenge. The government is promising the “biggest reimagining” of the NHS since it was formed. […]

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